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A spokesman for the force said: “Police were called to woods close to High Wood Road in Hoddesdon at 12.10pm yesterday (March 25) following reports of the body of man being found.

“Officers are currently investigating to identify the man and determine what caused his death. The death is currently being treated as unexplained.”

The woodland area where the police cordon was in place was about a kilometre north of Dinant Link Road and was close to Roselands Primary School.

Several police cars were on the scene by the A10 (Image: Steffie Sharon)

Steffie Sharon, who drove by the scene twice, told the Mercury a forensic team was on the scene with police cars at a lay-by on the southbound carriageway.

She said: “Just before the Hoddesdon turn-off, I saw five [police cars] to start off with, then coming back past there were only three.

“There were two forensic cars and a CID car. From the start of the A10 into the woodland there’s around a five metre square radius [of tape], nobody was looking through the woodland but CID were completing something on a clipboard.”

A dog walker, who wished to remain anonymous, was left shaken after coming across the body.

A friend told the Mercury the dog walker was a short way from Roselands Primary School when coming across the dead body.